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Review . Melatonin the "light of night" in human biology and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis Theodoros B Grivas and Olga D Savvidou Orthopaedic Department, "Thriasio" General Hospital, G. Gennimata Avenue, Magula, 19600 Greece Scoliosis 2007, 2:6 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-6

Postural effects of symmetrical and asymmetrical loads on the spines of schoolchildren Stefano Negrini and Alberto Negrini Scoliosis 2007, 2:8 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-8

SOSORT consensus paper: school screening for scoliosis: Where are we today? Theodoros B Grivas , Marian H Wade , Stefano Negrini , Joseph P O'Brien , Toru Maruyama , Martha C Hawes , Manuel Rigo , Hans Rudolf Weiss , Tomasz Kotwicki , Elias S Vasiliadis , Lior Neuhaus Sulam ...

The direct cost of "Thriasio" school screening program Theodoros B Grivas , Elias S Vasiliadis , Christina Maziotou and Olga D Savvidou Orthopaedic Department, "Thriasio" General Hospital, G. Gennimata Av. 19600, Magoula, Attica, Greece Scoliosis 2007, 2:7 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-7

Trunk rotational strength asymmetry in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: an observational study Kevin L McIntire , Marc A Asher , Douglas C Burton and Wen Liu Scoliosis 2007, 2:9 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-9

Children with neuromuscular disorders with a progressive muscle weakness such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy frequently develop a progressive scoliosis. A severe scoliosis compromises respiratory function, makes sitting more difficult, and is perceived as unaesthetic. Spinal surgery is considered the primary treatment option for correcting severe scoliosis...

Conclusion Scoliosis surgery has a varying but high rate of complications. A medical indication for this treatment cannot be established in view of the lack of evidence. The rate of complications may even be higher than reported. Long-term risks of scoliosis surgery have not yet been reported upon in research. Mandatory...

Trunk asymmetry (TA) is a common phenomenon in children, but its incidence in juveniles is not known. The present cross sectional study reports TA in normal juveniles and provides data which describe the evolution of TA from early childhood to adolescence.
Theodoros B Grivas , Elias S Vasiliadis , Constantinos Mihas...

Two focus groups consisting of 8 adolescents (1 male, 7 female) and subsequent individual interviews with 3 adolescents (1 male, 2 female) yielded a range of participant concerns, in order of prominence: (1) recovery at home; (2) recovery in hospital; (3) post-surgical appearance; (4) emotional impact of surgery and coping;...

Ahmet Yilmaz Sarlak , Halil Atmaca , Levent Buluc , Bilgehan Tosun and Resul Musaoglu Scoliosis 2009, 4:1 )full text)
Conclusion In juvenile idiopathic curves of Risser 0 patients with open triradiate cartilages, routine combined anterior fusion to prevent crankshaft may not be warranted by posterior segmental pedicle screw instrumentation.

Few studies have evaluated long-term outcome after bracing using validated quality of life outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) 12 years or more after treatment with Boston brace.
Conclusion Long-term results were satisfactory in most patients with AIS treated with...

Conclusion: The consensus was reached on evaluation of the morphology of the patient with idiopathic scoliosis, comprising clinical, radiological and, to less extend, surface topography assessment. Considering the variety of parameters indicated by the panellists, the Cobb angle, yet...

Determination of quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis subjected to conservative treatment. Angelo G Aulisa , Vincenzo Guzzanti , Carlo Perisano , Emanuele Marzetti , Alessandro Specchia , Marco Giordano and Lorenzo Aulisa
Scoliosis 2010, 5:21doi:10.1186/1748-7161-5-21 Published: 28 September 2010
Introduction and objectives. Physical deformities caused by adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)...

Conclusions We have developed an easy, reliable and practical method to measure the rotation of the spinal anterior component using a CT scan. Furthermore, we quantified the spinal torsional deformity to the convex side in scoliosis by comparing the rotation between the anterior and posterior components.
A new method for measuring torsional...

Conclusions We have developed an easy, reliable and practical method to measure the rotation of the spinal anterior component using a CT scan. Furthermore, we quantified the spinal torsional deformity to the convex side in scoliosis by comparing the rotation between the anterior and posterior components.
A new method for measuring torsional...